Aligning attachment for doors



Nov. 3, 1931. J. PRIPUSICH 1,830,716

ALIGNING ATTACHMENT FOR DOORS Filed Jan. 22, 1951 Patented Nov. 3, 1931 UNITED STATES JOSEPH PRIPUSICH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS:

ALIGNING ATTACHMENT non Doors 3 Application filed January 22, 1931. Serial No. 510,569. g

this character which will prevent rattling of the door when closed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and compact device of this character which can be readily seated in the casing of the door and will firmly but yieldingly engage the tongue or dovetail carried by the door and which is movable into the device when the door is closed.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character which is cheap to manufacture and the parts of which can be readily g shaped and assembled.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, thepreferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section of a portion of a door and its casing with the attachment in position.

Figure 2 is a section on line 22, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a detail view of the blank from which the yoke of the attachment is formed.

Figure 4 is a side view showing the blank prior to being bent into final form.

Figure 5 is a front view of the structure shown in Figure 4.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates a portion of a door casing having a recess or mortise 2 in which the present device is adapted to be seated. This device includes a box like housing 8 having openings 1 and 5 in the two exposed faces thereof, these openings being designed to receive the tongue or dovetail 6 which extends from a plate 7 attached to door 8. This tongue is so located that when the door is closed, said tongue will move through the openings 4 and 5 so-as to extend transversely '65 Within the intermediate portion of housing 3 as shown in Figures 1 and 2; V

v Seated in the end portions of housing 3 are cushioning blocks 90f rubber or other'suitable resilient material and these can be held in place by fastening screws 10 or the like which extend transversely through the housing and into the casing 1 for the purpose of holding the housing in position. Bearing against these blocks are the ends 11 of a re- 05 silient yoke 12' which is riveted or otherwise attached at an intermediate point to the back of the housing 3 as shown at 13. This yoke is formed from a single blank of resilient sheet metal, such as illustrated for example, in Figure 3, the ends of the blank being formed with pairs of oppositely extending cars 14. These ears ar-e adapted to be bent to positions perpendicular to the remainder of the blank as shown in Figure 4 after which 15 the blank is bent into the form of a yoke, inserted between the blocks 9 and fastened to the inner surface or bottom of the housing as shown in Figure 2.

Before the yoke 12is inserted, as heretoso i fore explained, rollers 15 can be mounted between the ears of each pair so as to rotate freely. These rollers can be made of any suitable material and are adapted to be en,- gaged by the tongue or dovetail 6 when the door 8 is closed. It is to be understood, of course, that the face of the housing 3 containing the opening 4 can be formed of plates 16'integral with the ends of the housing and extended toward each other. These plates can be brought to the positions shown in Figures 1 and 2 after the yoke has been inserted into the housing. Obviously any other construction can be employed to facilitate assembly. In practice the housing 3 is secured in the casing 1 at a point where the tongue or dove (all 6 can enter it. The normal shape of the yoke is shown in Figure 2 and any spreading action of the yoke will be resisted by the re- .100

siliency of the yoke. The cushioning blocks 9 will also serve to resist the spreading of the yoke. The rollers 15 are held normally spaced a distance less than the maximum thickness of the tongue or dovetail 6. Thus when the door is closed and the tongue or dovetail enters the housing it will wedge between the rollers 15 and spread them apart against the resisting action of the resilient yoke and of the cushioning blocks 9. The parts will thus cooperate properly to aline the door as it is closed, holding it against sagging and also preventing rattling. What is claimed is:

A device of the class described including a housing having an opening for the reception of a tongue or the like extending from a door, a yoke secured in the housing, anti friction devices carried by the ends of the yoke for receiving the tongue therebetween, and resilient cushioning means constituting backings for the ends of the yoke.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixed my signature.

JOSEPH rRIPUsIcH. 

